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Poster:	duckpond74	Date:	July 13, 2011 07:46:39am
Forum:	GratefulDead	Subject:	Re: ' In and around the Chicago Land in the 70's '

Truth be told, even though my musical tastes were expanding like invasive weeds throughout the early 70's, I didn't get into Funkadelic until the mid to late 70's. Though from my early grade school days, I always loved the Motown hits. Smokey and the Miracles, the Temptations, The Supremes and Stevie Wonder and many more have etched their music into my permanent musical memories - my daughter is a huge Smokey Robinson fan. I recently was thrilled to pick up the Four Tops 'Reach Out' on vinyl - in great shape - for $1. I had stupidly sold my old copy, along with almost 2000 other LPs when we left Chicago right after that Grateful Dead August '80 run at the Uptown. That album is so 'dramatic'. Intense, but beautiful, heartfelt songs about the human condition ... I still find it quite relevant today. Great stuff! Levi Stubbs, what a great singer. Have you heard Billy Bragg's song 'Levi Stubb's Tears'? He obviously reached a lot of folks with his emotion-packed songs.